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502. Better for a man to have even a dog welcome him than a dog bark at him

503. Better give a shilling than lend a half a crown.

504. Better go about than fall into a ditch.

505. Better go away longing than loathing.

506. Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt.

507. Better go to BED supperless than to rise in debt.

508. Better go to heaven in rags than to hell in embroidery.

509. Better good afar off than evil at hand.

510. Better have an old man to humour than a young rake to break your heart.

511. Better have one plough going than two cradles.

512. Better hazard once than always be in fear. Thomas Fuller

513. Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

514. Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.

515. Better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

516. Better is the END of a thing than the beginning thereof.

517. Better is the enemy of good.

518. Better is the trouble that follows death than the trouble that follows shame

519. Better keep now than seek anon.

520. Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

521. Better kiss a knave than be troubled with him.

522. Better know nothing than half-know many things.

523. Better late than never

524. Better leave than lack.

525. Better lose a jest than a friend.

526. Better luck next time.

527. Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend. --Josh Billings

528. Better my hog dirty home than no hog at all.

529. Better never to BEGIN than never to make an end.

530. Better not take a dog on the space shuttle, because if he sticks his head out when you're coming home his face might burn up.

531. Better old debts than old grudges.

532. Better one good thing that is than two things that were.

533. Better one house filled than two spilled (spoiled). (Said when two unpleasant people marry.)

534. Better one's house too little one day than too big all the year after.

535. Better own a trifle than want a great deal

536. Better pay the butcher than the doctor.

537. Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches. --Otto von Bismarck

538. Better raise your ears, the sound of hooves knock ar your door

539. Better ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me.

540. Better safe than sorry

541. Better say Here it is than Here it was.

542. Better sell than live poorly.

543. Better shun the bait than struggle in the snare. --John Dryden

544. Better sit beside him than in his place

545. Better sit idle than work for nothing.

546. Better sit still than rise up and fall.

547. Better small fish than an empty dish.

548. Better some of a pudding than none of a pie.

549. Better spare at brim than at bottom. (Save early and avoid being in want later.]

550. Better spare to have of shine own than ask of other men.

551. Better speak to the master than the man.

552. Better suffer ill than do ill.

553. Better than a thousand useless words is one single word that gives peace. Better than a thousand useless verses is one single verse that gives peace. Better than a hundred useless poems is one single poem that gives peace.

554. Better than power over all the earth, better than going to heaven and better than dominion over the worlds is the joy of the man who enters the river of life that leads to Non-Being.

555. Better the certainty of the straddle (packsaddle) than the mere loan of a saddle

556. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.

557. Better the foot slip than the tongue.

558. Better the last smile than the first laughter.

559. Better to be alone than in bad company

560. Better to be beaten than be in bad company.

561. Better to be born lucky than rich

562. Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined by too confident a security.

563. Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked of children. --Richard Henry Dana

564. Better to be poor and honest than to be rich and lying.

565. Better to be remembered in the prayer of a good man than in the will of a rich man.

566. Better to be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

567. Better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

568. Better to die on our feet than live on our knees.

569. Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.--Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

570. Better to hunt in fields for health unbought, Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend; God never made his work for man to mend.

571. Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness Chinese Proverb

572. Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.

573. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. (Abraham Lincoln)

574. Better to see the face than to hear the name. --Zen Saying

575. Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.

576. Better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

577. Better trust all and be deceived, And weep that trust, and that deceiving, Than doubt one heart that, if believed, Had blessed one's life with true believing.

578. Better unborn than untaught.

579. Better untaught tharn ill taught.

580. Better watch out that you won't become a television set in your next life. --Loesje

581. Better wear out shoes than sheets. (Sound men wear out shoes, sick men sheets.)

582. Better wed over the mixen (dung-heap than over the the moor. (Choose a partner from near at home.)

583. better, and ends when you think life can't get much worse.

584. Between "just desserts" and "tragic irony" we are given quite a lot of scope for our particular talent. Generally speaking, things have gone about as far as they can possibly go when things have got about as bad as they reasonably get.--Player in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard

585. Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

586. Between good sense and good taste there is the difference between cause and effect.

587. Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. -- Oscar Wilde

588. Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out. Italian Proverb

589. Between Scylla and Charybdis.

590. Between the beetle (mallet) and the block.

591. Between the day of St. John [Chrysostom] and the day of St. Blaise, you will see the stork; and if you don't see her, it will be a bad year.

592. Between the devil and the deep sea.

593. Between the hammer and the anvil.

594. Between the humble and contrite heart and the majesty of heaven there are no barriers; the only password is prayer.

595. Between two BROTHERS two witness and a notary.

596. Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both. --Tryon Edwards

597. Between two evils, I always pick the one I haven't tried before.

598. Between two moments, bliss is ripe.

599. Between two stools one falls to the ground.

600. Between you and me and the post (or bedpost). (In confidence.)